Madre De Dios Amazon REDD Project

Project details
Start date: 
January 2006
Project name: 
Madre De Dios Amazon REDD Project
Carbon Yield: 
27,304,727 tonnes of CO2e over project lifetime
Project type: 
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degredation (REDD)
Standard: 
Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standard (CCB)
Verification: 
Gold Standard, 2005

The project consists of the conservation of an area of 100,000 Ha through sustainable forest management in the forestry certified timber concessions “Maderera Río Acre S.A.C. and Maderera Río Yaverija S.A.C.” in Madre de Dios, Peru.

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